The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-22
Industrial and Business Notes.

Hetherinpton & Berner yesterday made a
heavy shipment of castings to Shultz & Co., of
Pittsburg. Pa.
Business at the elevators is very quiet Neither
one of the establishments is running more than
two days of the week.
The Moore Desk Company this week made
large shipments of their desks to Boston, to
New Orleans and to San Francisco.
The encaustic tile works have this week made
large shipments of tile to Baltimore, New York
and to Rochester, N. Y, and Philadelphia
Kingan 6 Co. are now killing but six hundred
hogs per day It is quite difficult for them to
get hogs to slaughter, SO at sea are the roads
about rates.
The Atkins Soap Company is manufacturing
and shipping daily carload of Electric soap
and several hundred pounds of toilet soaps to
surrounding cities and towns in the State.
Schnull & Krag have expended in the last few
months $780, 900 in improving their facilities for
roasting coffees, and can now turn out forty
thousand pounds Of roasted coffees every twenty
four hours.
An effort is making to organize an ice-deaers'
pool, and advance the rates on this article to 80
cents per 100 pounds when delivered to private
families. One of the largest ce-deaing firms
declines to go into the arrangement
Kimberlin & Co.. manufacturers and dealers
in agricultural implements, have removed their
establishment from Georgia to Henry street. just
now they ars crowded with work and have re-
Gently increased their working force consider
ably.
Sailing, Hanson & Co.. lumbermen at GRAY
ling, Mich, have signed contract with +. II.
Tooker, agent of the Indianapolis Jenny Com
pany for an electric plant There will be twenty
lights operated in the mill-yards, planing-mill
and store.
The Indianapolis Foundry Company. which
makes one of its speclalties manufacturing cast
ings for railroads, has recently secured contracts
to furnish all the castings needed for three of
the roads running in here, and for two roads in
other parts of the State.
The Hadley Shoe Company has leased the sec
ond story of the building occupied by the Indi-
annapolis Stesl-pulley Company, and proposes to
double the present force, and to demonstrate
that shoes can be manufactured of as good quail
ity and at as low cost in Indianapolis as in New
England.
The Mccormick Mower and Reaper Company
have the plans for their innmensen new building on
the corner of Delaware and MARYLAND streets
completed. The building will be four stories
high, and covers onefourth of a square. Con-
tracts for putting up the building will be let in q
few days
There are three fruit-packing establishments
in the city. and they last year turned out in
round numbers 9 500 600 pounds of canned goods
and manufactured 100000 pounds of mince-
meat Two of the establishments are making
preparations to increase their production the
present year
Indianapolis has three extensive broom facto-
ries and they not only supply the city market.
but the greater part of the State, with brooms.
j. A Humphreys, who recently bought out j.
W. Bradshaw, has considerably increased his
force Of late and is still unable to fill his orders
as promptly as he desires to.
| e. G. Atkins & Co. manufacturing
| the largest circular saws turned out at any
shops in this country. or in any foreign country.
The usual diameter of circular sews is seventy.
| two inches. This company has turned out sew.
eral of late, which are in service and doing good
work. eighty weight inches in diameter.
| The Thomas Madden Lounge Manufacturing
| Company. which, few months ago. purchased
the building put up by the Brown Rotary Sewing
| Machine Company on English avenue. have re
| constructed it, and DOW occupy the whole with
| their work, making it one of the largest lounge
| manufacturing establishments in the country.